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Cortical atrophy in presymptomatic Alzheimer's disease presenilin 1 mutation carriers.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 May 2013
Quiroz Yakeel T, Stern Chantal E, Reiman Eric M, Brickhouse Michael, Ruiz Adriana, Sperling Reisa A, Lopera Francisco, Dickerson Bradford C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sporadic late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia has been associated with a 'signature' of cortical atrophy in paralimbic and heteromodal association regions measured with MRI. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether a similar pattern of cortical atrophy is present in presymptomatic presenilin 1 E280A mutation carriers an average of 6 years before clinical symptom onset. METHODS: 40 cognitively normal...
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